Chapter 1 Power Shift

"Transfer of power!"

"You're fired!"

These eight words, spoken coldly from Bai Jingyan's mouth, were like the final judgment on Sonan.

"You little bastards, what benefits did you give them that they dared to betray me?" Sonan asked, his eyes wide and gnashing his teeth.

Just as Bai Jingyan had said, after seizing power, Sonan indulged in a life of wanton pleasure. He held no great hope for the future and wanted to enjoy himself while he could, even becoming somewhat self-destructive.

As his control over the government gradually weakened, Bai Jingyan quietly expanded his influence.

In less than a month, nearly 80% of the core military and political personnel in Murphyra had defected to Bai Jingyan.

These people weren't fools. They knew very well who possessed the means to give them a better future.

Sonan held a crumbling nation and a demoralized army, while Bai Jingyan controlled the far broader power of evolution.

In today's world, evolvers were the representatives of the new humanity.

They disregarded the dangers of mutated beasts, radioactive water sources, and harsh environments. They enjoyed better treatment than high-ranking officials and generals. Some even claimed that the world's disasters were meant to promote the transformation of Blue Star's organisms.

The creatures that could survive this disaster would enter a new era, while those that could not would vanish along with human technological civilization in the long river of history.

In this situation, Bai Jingyan, as one of the first pioneers in the study of evolver genes, was inherently more valuable than Sonan!

He only needed to make a vague promise to the officials of Murphyra, a regime on the verge of collapse, and they would frantically serve him.

It was like a drowning person who sees a straw floating on the water. Whether it could bear their weight or actually save them, the drowning person would desperately grab it.

"A future... you can't give." Bai Jingyan was expressionless. He looked down at his nominal partner and benefactor. From the first day he contacted Sonan, he had planned this coup, and now, he had succeeded.

"Let me live... I can announce my abdication and let you take my place," Sonan finally softened, a hint of pleading in his voice.

"Kill him." Bai Jingyan didn't continue talking to Sonan. He stood up, walked towards the door, and said, "Notify the news department that President Sonan died suddenly of an illness. Until a president is formally elected, I will be in charge of all national affairs!"

Bai Jingyan walked out of the room, the door closing tightly behind him, followed by a muffled gunshot.

The black-clad bodyguards who had looked unfriendly in the corridor were now disarmed by fully armed patrol battalion soldiers!

"Patrol Battalion Commander Medula reports to you that we have taken full control of the Presidential Palace!" A tall young man stood before Bai Jingyan, his eyes filled with fervor, and saluted.

"Help me inquire with the First Military Region about the location of my first shipment of supplies." Bai Jingyan smiled.

...

"Boss, bi-bi-big... big news!"

In the early morning, Li Tianran was sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast, when Qin Yiming rushed out, holding a tablet computer, his expression urgent. "Look... look!"

Li Tianran took the tablet and raised his eyebrows at the headline.

"Former Murphyra President Sonan Dies of Cerebral Hemorrhage 28 Days After Coup; Current National Affairs Temporarily Handled by Former Minister of Defense Bai Jingyan. It is Reported that Bai Jingyan was Recently Appointed Minister of Defense Ten Days Ago, Replacing the Deceased Former Minister of Defense of Murphyra, Karaboge..."

Below the news was a photo of Bai Jingyan standing at a podium.

"This guy..." Li Tianran was taken aback. This news was indeed unexpected. How long had it been since Bai Jingyan helped Sonan take power?

Not even a month!

Now, the government of Murphyra had changed hands again.

Bai Jingyan had taken control of Murphyra's military affairs as a Yan Huang citizen. This was unimaginable before the world's changes!

"Boss, I didn't expect you to already have a friend who's a national president..." Qin Yiming said sourly from the side. "Although it's a small country, he's a genuine leader!"

Li Tianran sighed at the unpredictable changes in the world situation. Apart from a few relatively stable major powers and strong nations, the governments of some smaller countries were changing so rapidly that it was staggering.

A president might be elected in the morning and imprisoned in the afternoon, and another group would jump in...

Li Tianran had once calculated that the country with the fastest government changes had replaced its president three times in one day, with three forces taking turns.

Murphyra was already considered pretty good.

However, Li Tianran absolutely didn't believe the "sudden cerebral hemorrhage" mentioned in the news. A little thought made it clear that Sonan's death was related to Bai Jingyan.

"I wonder if Professor Nan will be happy or angry when he hears about this?" Li Tianran stroked his chin, suddenly thinking of something amusing. Bai Jingyan's experiences were very similar to those of the male protagonists in some urban novels.

"Having a president as a son-in-law, Professor Nan would be considered the father-in-law of the nation if he went to Murphyra now."

Li Tianran suddenly laughed. At that moment, his satellite phone rang. The displayed number was a series of garbled characters. He immediately knew the caller's identity.

Besides Bai Jingyan, no one outside of Crazy Breath Island knew his contact information.

"Speak of the devil." Li Tianran pushed away the plate in front of him, stood up, and said, "I'm full."

...

A few minutes later, Li Tianran connected to Bai Jingyan's call in his room.

"Congratulations, you've gotten your hands on the whole country now. You've achieved fame and success!" Li Tianran joked with Bai Jingyan as the first sentence.

But Bai Jingyan's voice, coming through the phone, held no joy, but rather some solemnity: "This is not a good thing!"

"Actually, if Sonan hadn't wanted to attack me, I wouldn't have wanted to stage a coup. Because he was the president before, and negotiations and pressure from other countries would fall on him. I only needed to bear a small portion of the pressure, and I could do what I wanted to do."

"Now, I can only do what I want to do more openly... but the pressure I bear has multiplied."

Bai Jingyan was silent for a moment, then said, "Never mind, let's not talk about such meaningless things anymore. I have something very important to discuss."

"In my opinion, Murphyra will completely collapse in at most three months under the current circumstances..."

"Before that, I will gather all the resources within Murphyra and transport them to you!"